The Sailors' basketball players will have to wait for a second chance for a new triumph in the AdmiralBet ABA League, as they lost to FMP 11:81 tonight in "Topolica", in the 76th round.
Barani are on a score of 1-10, they are in last place in the table, and in the next round they will face Dubai.
Mihai Pavićević's team had a five-point advantage (11:6) after Bedijak scored in the first quarter, and the last time they were in the lead was when Jenkins scored at the beginning of the second quarter at 17:15.
After that, Matic Rebec was in the main role, and FMP led 21:17 after six tied points, and after new points from Rebec, the team from Belgrade gained a double-digit advantage for the first time - 28:18.
Sailor, however, caught the connection, two minutes before the end of the 1st half equalized (36:36), but by the time he went to the locker room he had not scored a single point, so after 20 minutes it was 43:36 for FMP.
At the start of the 3rd quarter, Petar Aleksić's team gained a ten-point lead again (46:36, Lazarevic's three-pointer), and after Lazarevic's new points, the team from Železnik reached a 12-point lead for the first time - 50:38.
Mornar threatened, reducing the difference, but the guests kept their advantage, and at the beginning of the last quarter, after a three-pointer by the Montenegrin representative, Petar Popović, they again gained a maximum 12-point advantage - 67:55.
After that, FMP was scoreless for almost seven minutes, Mornar got to 67:63, and then Lazarevic led FMP to 71:63 with four tied points and settled the match.
With Mornar, Jenkins was the most effective with 20 points. Tomason had 13 and Runjić 11 points.
The most effective for FMP was Rebec with 21 points, Lazarevic scored 15, Barna 12, and Tasic 10.
Petar Popović scored 28 points in 12 minutes and had three rebounds.
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